Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura LLP

9 pending office actions • 4 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3236 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3236
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3236
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2667
-0.43σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2667
939 days
Time to Allowance
n=2667
+4.6pp
Interview Lift
n=3236
17.6%
RCE Rate
n=3236
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=3236

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.6%
§101 Overcome
n=152
86.1%
§102 Overcome
n=1039
87.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1808
88.4%
§112 Overcome
n=724

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02F, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3236
5
Practitioners
n=3236
647.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=3236

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
44% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 2 56.7% +15.5%
FISHER, BRITTANY I 1 84.3% +12.5%
GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN 1 54.5% +50.3%
WILHELM, TIMOTHY 1 78.7% +11.8%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 72.4% +29.5%
SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 1 62.5% +31.3%
UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 1 62.0% +9.4%
QIN, JIANCHUN 1 69.2% +14.2%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18462517 BICYCLE FOR RIDE PRACTICE AND BIKE FRAME THEREFOR WILHELM, TIMOTHY 42d overdue
18364287 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 21d
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE FISHER, BRITTANY I

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18462517 BICYCLE FOR RIDE PRACTICE AND BIKE FRAME THEREFOR WILHELM, TIMOTHY 42d overdue
18364287 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 21d
17826073 METHODS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 70d
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE FISHER, BRITTANY I
18466785 PERFORMANCE DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN
17958881 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN
17751595 ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIA THEREFOR SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT
17700692 METHODS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PERFORMANCE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT QIN, JIANCHUN

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28373
36141
36481
28171
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. FISHER, BRITTANY I §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18466785 PERFORMANCE DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Casio Computer Co., Ltd. GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18462517 BICYCLE FOR RIDE PRACTICE AND BIKE FRAME THEREFOR Vitamin I Factory Co., Ltd. WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3614 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18364287 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Casio Computer Co., Ltd. MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 02, 2023
17958881 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2022
17847599 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD THEREFOR Casio Computer Co., Ltd. UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 §112 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17826073 METHODS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Casio Computer Co., Ltd. SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 2837 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 26, 2022
17751595 ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIA THEREFOR Casio Computer Co., Ltd. SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 2837 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2022
17700692 METHODS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PERFORMANCE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Casio Computer Co., Ltd. QIN, JIANCHUN 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2022

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